aiwan prosecutors on Friday for the first time charged a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February, after a rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China.
https://gcaptain.com/taiwan-charges-captain-of-chinese-cable-cutter/
The frequency of cable incidents in the Baltic Sea has been “exceptional” in recent years, but state actors have more effective ways of performing underwater sabotage than by dragging anchors, Finland’s intelligence service chief said.
https://gcaptain.com/finlands-secret-service-says-frequency-of-cable-incidents-is-exceptional/
Russian authorities are tightening measures at ports, including employing divers to inspect the underside of vessels, in response to rising threats to merchant shipping and infrastructure, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
https://gcaptain.com/russia-orders-diver-inspections-at-ports-after-tanker-blasts/
Estonia’s navy is prepared to act against vessels that pose a danger to Baltic Sea infrastructure even if they are in international waters, a senior official patrolling the busy Gulf of Finland shipping lane said on Thursday.
https://gcaptain.com/estonias-navy-steps-up-baltic-sea-patrols/
The cargo ship Vezhen did damage a subsea cable linking Sweden and Latvia last month but it was an accident, not sabotage, a Swedish prosecutor said on Monday, adding that the Maltese-flagged vessel had been released.
https://gcaptain.com/sweden-says-ship-broke-baltic-sea-cable-by-accident/
Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, the second vessel to be named by investigators in the case.
https://gcaptain.com/second-ship-seized-in-baltic-sea-cable-damage-investigation/
The Royal Navy’s recent interception of the Russian spy ship Yantar in the English Channel marks the latest development in a series of incidents underscoring the growing threat of hybrid warfare at…
https://gcaptain.com/hybrid-warfare-russian-spy-ship-in-english-channel-highlights-escalating-risks/
The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset intercepted and monitored the Russian spy ship Yantar as it passed through the English Channel, marking the vessel’s…
https://gcaptain.com/royal-navy-tracks-russian-spy-ship-in-english-channel/
Taiwan suspects a Chinese-owned cargo vessel damaged an undersea cable near its northeastern coast Friday, in an alleged act of sabotage that highlights the vulnerabilities of Taipei’s offshore communications infrastructure.
https://gcaptain.com/taiwan-accuses-chinese-vessel-of-sabotaging-undersea-cable/
Estonia dispatched a navy ship to patrol a subsea power link after Finland seized an oil tanker suspected of damaging five cables with its anchor in what was the third such incident in about a year.
https://gcaptain.com/estonia-sends-navy-ship-to-guard-subsea-power-cables/